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Army IDs soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Egypt

The Army has identified the five American soldiers killed when their Black Hawk helicopter went down during a routine peacekeeping mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The Thursday crash took the lives of Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp, 31, of Katy, Texas; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas Gearld Garza, 34, of Fayetteville, N.C.; Chief Warrant Officer 2

Army IDs soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Egypt

The Army has identified the five American soldiers killed when their Black Hawk helicopter went down during a routine peacekeeping mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The Thursday crash took the lives of Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp, 31, of Katy, Texas; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas Gearld Garza, 34, of Fayetteville, N.C.; Chief Warrant Officer 2

7, including Americans, killed in helicopter crash in Egypt

Seven people were killed, including five Americans, on Thursday when a helicopter belonging to a multinational peacekeeping force crashed in Egypt’s Sinai desert, according to Israeli and Egyptian officials. The Israeli official told Agence France-Presse that the crash involved the Multi-national Force and Observers, which was co-founded by Israel in 1979 when it signed a